SOLUTION: SOLVING APPLICATIONS An architect has allocated a rectangular space of 703 ft^2 for a square dining room and a 18 ft wide kitchen. Find both the width of the square dining room

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An architect has allocated a rectangular space of 703 ft^2 for a square dining room and a 18 ft wide kitchen. Find both the width of the square dining room and the length of the entire rectangular space

Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The dimensions of the dining room (square shape) are x and x.
The dimensions of the dining room are x and 18.

The combined area is

Solve for x.
The length of the entire combined rectangle is x+18.



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x=19 and x+18=37

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